This is a one hour review of the most commonly used AutoCAD commands and variables.
Zen and the Art of AutoCAD (Google Docs Version)
Here are the system variables the way they are used in the video. You can paste them into the command line (use CTRL+9 to enable the command line):
OSMODE 39
DYNMODE 0
DYNPICOORDS 1
MENUBAR 1
LWDISPLAY on
SNAPMODE 0
TRIMEXTENDMODE 0
- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:09 NEW
- 2:23 Command Line Ctrl + 9
- 3:38 Text Window F2
- 4:08 System Variables
- 5:07 View Controls – P, Z
- 6:11 Coordinate Space X, Y, Z
- 7:50 LIST
- 8:14 OSNAP – Object Snaps
- 10:08 OSMODE – System Variable
- 11:05 F8 ORTHO/ORTHOMODE
- 11:35 UNITS
- DRAW COMMANDS
- 13:38 L – LINE
- 16:01 Hint – Using the spacebar
- 17:17 C – CIRCLE
- 18:04 HINT – Option Capitalization
- 19:36 POINT
- 19:49 DDPTYPE
- 20:14 NOD
- 20:30 PLINE – POLYLINE
- 21:39 PEDIT – Edit a polyline
- 22:07 BPOLY – Boundary Polyline
- 22:49 BHATCH – Boundary Hatch
- 23:28 TEXT – Single Line Text
- 24:13 STYLE – Text Style
- 25:00 MO – Modify PROPERTIES
- 25:44 MTEXT – Multiline Text
- 26:17 -AR -ARRAY (or ARRAY)
- EDIT COMMANDS
- 29:01 M – MOVE
- 31:21 Selecting Objects
- 31:37 Window Selection
- 31:58 Crossing Selection
- 32:24 Crossing Polygon
- 32:39 Window Polygon
- 32:48 Remove from Selection
- 33:06 P – Previous Selection
- 33:21 L – Last Object Created
- 33:27 ALL – Select All
- 33:41 F – Fence
- 33:56 Shift + Select to Unselect
- 34:11 CO – COPY
- 34:55 TR – TRIM
- 34:56 TRIMEXTENDMODE
- 36:35 EX – EXTEND
- 37:00 MI – MIRROR
- 38:23 MIRTEXT
- 38:57 F – FILLET
- 39:33 S – STRETCH
- 40:31 SC – SCALE
- 41:23 ‘CAL – Calculate
- 43:00 HINT – Don’t draw lines in segments
- 43:10 HINT – Don’t draw lines on top of lines
- 43:58 O – OFFSET
- 45:34 MO – PROPERTIES Modify Properties
- DIMENSION COMMANDS
- 46:08 DIMSCALE
- 46:20 DLI – Linear Dimension
- 47:09 Edit Dimension Text
- 48:00 DAL – Aligned Dimension
- 48:48 DIMDIA – Diameter Dimension
- 48:59 DIMRAD – Radius Dimension
- 49:10 -DIMSTYLE; Apply
- 49:34 DDIM or DIMSTYLE
- BLOCK COMMANDS
- 51:00 BLOCK
- 51:57 INSERT
- 52:00 WBLOCK
- 52:20 BEDIT
- 53:25 ATTDEF
- 54:18 EXPLODE
- 55:31 DDATTE
- LAYERS
- MEASURE AND DIVIDE
- 57:13 MEASURE
- 58:00 DIVIDE
- 59:37 Closing Remarks